Train-pipe-coupling support.



' PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

'No.815,23o 'i J, E. PORSYTII. y

TRAIN PIPE GOUPLING SUPPORT. I

"APPLICATION PILBD JULY 17, 1905.

I therefromin caseof'breakage of the draw- [UNITED s TA Es PATENT etnica. ,cnreaeonttnioisg TaAlN-PIPE-COUPLlNe.' SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented, March 1e, lees.

Appleman sled my 17, 190e. serial No. 269,969.

To -ZZ whom it may concern/.5

Beit known that I, J osEPn E., FoRsYTH, a

l citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State'of Illinols, have invented a new and useful Train- Pipe-Couplim7 Support, of which the following is a speci ication.

My invention relates particularly to the means for supporting the coupling-heads of automatic train-pipe couplings.

My primary object is to provide for use in connection with the draw-bar of a'car an automatically disconnecting train pipe coupling support which is primarily carried by the draw-bar, but which will be disconnected bar and maintained in an elevated position, thereby avoiding injury to the train-'pipe coupling.

Theinvention is illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents abroken longitudinal sectional view "of the substructure` of a car,

showing my improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2, a brokensection takenas indicated at line 2 of` Fi l, and Fig. 3 a broken section taken as in icated at line 3 of Fig. 1.

`In the preferred construction,-A represents i the substructure of a car having as a part thereof a pair of longitudinal beams or dra'lttimbers A', B., a draw-bar slidably supported in 'a hanger B', connected with the bufferbeam of the car in the usual manner and yield- -ingly connected in the usual manner (not shown) with the car; B2, the coupling-head of the draw-bar-equipped at its lower side with a flanged longitudinal guide B3 C,' a support or hanger provided at its upper end with a grooved head c, connected with the guide B3 and equip ed at its lower end with a ring and sprir'ig-soc et c; D, e. transverse pin shear ably securing the hanger C to the guide B3;

' D', a bolt having its front'or outer end connected with the hanger C adjacent to the guide B3, the bolt havin-g sliding connection with a bracket D, applied to the beams A;

D, a nut limiting the sliding motion of the l bolt with relation to the, bracket D2; E, a

train-pipe extending through `the ring e and equipped with a coupling-head E; E, a corneal coil-spring having its base entered in the socket with which the ring e 1sl rovided and which serves to hold the head yieldin ly pro'ected, and E3 a sto von the i e Eaek o the hanger C and wltiich limitspthc forward movement of the pipe-coupling.

The bolt D is of sufficient strength to shear the pin D and support the'hanger C in ease of breakage of the draw-bar or its connections and, on the other hand, the pin is of ample strength, taken in connection Ywith the binding action which occurs lat the guide when force 1s exerted at the lower end'of the hanger, to maintain the pipe-coupling in f operative .engagement with the companlon coupling .(not shown) when" the cars are 7 coupled. The bracket D2 should allow sufficient space for the rear end of the draw-bar to get clear incase of accident, so that 'the auxiliary support for the pipe-couplingwill not be injured. v

The gistof the invention lies in rovidin'g against falling in easeof breaka e of the draw-bar or its connections.

I have shown the head cof the support C provlded with a perforation d in the. rear 'of the p'in when the support is moved forward o 'n Vits guide for adjustment urposes. Preferably the bolt D extends t rough a slot d2 in pjin D. This perforation will receive the p y 85 one connection between the hanger and the the bracket D2 to permit lateral movement when the draw-bar swings, as when rounding a curve. i

Various changes in details of construction may be made. Hence no undue limitation should be understood from the foregoing detailed descript on.

What I regard asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Pal-ent, is

1. The combination with the draw-bar of a car, of a pipecoupling support 'carried thereby to move therewith, and an independent support operative to support the pipecoupling' in ease of accident to the. draw-bar, for the purpose'set forth. 1

2. .The combination with the draw-bar of a car, of a pipe-coupling support carried thereby to move therewith, and means servin to IOO dlsconnect said support from the drawar forth.

and sustain the pipe-coupling in case of accident to the draw -bar, or the purpose set 3. The combination with the substructure of a car and a draw-bar connectedtherewith7 of a sheariugly-connected )ipc-support carried by said draw-barl and an independent supporting' device for the pipe-support having lost-motion Connection and possessing sutlieient strength to detach the pipe-support from the draw-bar and sustain said support and its load, in caso of breakagt` ol the drawbar or its connections.

4. The combination with the substructure. of a car and a draw-bar'connected therewith, of a pipe-couplingl support having slide connection with the draw-bar, relatively weak means l'or causingl said support to move operatively with the draw-bar, and .relative` u strong' lost-motion connections between said support and the substructure of the car, i'or the purpose set forth.

5. 'lhe combination with the substructure ol a car7 and a draw-bar connected therewith,

ol a pipe-coupling support shearingly and slidably connected at its upper end with the coupling-head of the drawbar7 a bracket connected with the substructure of the ear,

l l i l and a relatively strong` rod connected with said coupling-support and brackctand having,- limited sliding movement with relation to said bracket, for the purpose set forth.

6. 'lhe combination with the substructure of a car, of a draw-bar having a couplinghead provided at its. lower portion with a guide, a coupling-su )port having its upper end slidably mounterll on said guidey a trailsverse shearable pin connecting` the couplingsupport with said guide, a bracket dependingr from the substructure of the car7 a bolt conmeeting the upper end of the coupling-support and bracket and permitting limited relative motion therebetween, and a pipe-coupling connected with the lower end of said coupling-support.

7. A device. for the 'purpose set l'orth, comprising a eoupling-support provided at its upper end with a `guide and at its' lower end with a pipc-recciviilel head7 and means for connecting said coutiling-support with the substructure olI a car independently of the draw-bar of the car7 l'or the purpose setf )1th.

JOSEPH E. FORSY'lll. ln presence ol'uw l1. llulsrnxu, J. W. LANDES. 

